Shoe-horn.



Patented Nov; l2, l90l.

No. 686,5l2.

. r. nuvALL.

SHOE HORN.

(Application filed July 6, 1901.)

(No Modell) UNTTED STATES PATENT @nmca.

BENJAMIN F. DUVALL, OF ESPLEN, PENNSYLVANIA.

SHOE-HORN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 686,512, dated November 12, 1901.

Application filed July 5, 1901. Serial'No. 67,164. (No model.)

To on whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN F. DUvALL, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Esplen borough, in the county of Al- 5 legheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe-Horns, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in shoe-horns, and has 'for its object the provision of novel means whereby a shoe with the aid of the horn may be more easily placed upon the foot than with 15 the ordinary shoe-horn.

The invention further aims to construct a device of this character that will be extremely simple, strong, durable, comparatively inexpensive to manufacture, and highly efficient 20 in its use.

The invention consists in a shoe-horn of the ordinary construction having attached thereto a downwardly-extending arm adapted to engage the outer face of the shoe and pass 2 5 under the heel of the same.

The invention further consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described, and specifically pointed out in the claim.

In describing the invention in detail reference is had to the accompanying drawings, forming-a part of this specification and wherein like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout bot-h views, in which Figure 1 is a front view of my improved shoe-horn. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof.

In the drawings the reference-numeral 1 indicates a shoe-horn of the ordinaryconstruction.

2 represents a downwardly-extending arm having an upper curved portion 3, which is riveted or otherwise attached, as shown at 4, to the outer face of the shoe-horn. At the lower extremity of said downwardly-extending arm is an inwardly-extending portion 5, adapted to engage the lower portion of the heel of the shoe.

The operation of my improved shoe-horn is as follows: The shoe-horn is attached to the shoe in the ordinary manner, allowing the horn to be placed in the inside of the shoe, the downwardly-extending arm 2 passing downwardly upon the outer face of the shoe and the inwardly-extending portion 5 engagin g the under face of the heel. The shoe may then be placed upon the foot by exerting a pull upon the shoe-horn and the downwardlyextending arm 2 will prevent the shoe-horn from slipping out. In order to detach the shoe-horn, a slight forward pressure against the horn will release the forwardly-extending portion 5 from engagement with the under face of the heel and the device may then be easily removed.

The many advantages obtained by the use of my improved device will be readily apparent from the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings.

It will be noted that various changes may be made in the details of construction without departing from the general spirit of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In combination with a shoe-horn, a downwardly-extending arm formed of flat sheet metal, an offset portion near the upper end of said arm, said offset portion conforming in shape and rigidly secured to said shoe-horn, said arm being parallel with said shoe-horn and conformingin shape thereto, the said arm being of slightly less width than the width of the shoe-horn, a right-angular inwardly-extending flat portion formed integral with the lower end of said arm and extending in alinement with the shoe-horn, said inwardly-extending portion being of'the same width as the lower end of the arm and adapted to engage the lower face of the heel, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

BENJAMIN F. DUVALL.

WVituesses:

JOHN NOLAND, E. E. POTTER. 

